Víkingur Ólafsson
Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson has captured public and critical imagination to become one of the most sought-after artists of today.
Joining the Philharmonia as Featured Artist in our 80th birthday season, Ólafsson performs with us in London, Bedford, Amsterdam, Vienna, and on a major tour of the US, culminating at Carnegie Hall. At the Southbank Centre, he plays Beethoven to open the Orchestra’s London season, gives the UK premiere of John Adams’s After the Fall, a concerto composed for him, and performs a programme dedicated to Kurtág.
Esa-Pekka Salonen and Víkingur Ólafsson
Esa-Pekka Salonen – conductor
Víkingur Ólafsson – piano
- Adams Piano Concerto, 'After the Fall' (London premiere, Philharmonia co-commission)
- Ravel Daphnis and Chloé (complete ballet score)
General booking opens 10am Tuesday 29 April. Join the Friends to book today.
Víkingur Ólafsson celebrates Kurtág at 100
Elena Schwarz – conductor
Víkingur Ólafsson – piano
István Várdai – cello
- Kurtág Hommage à J. S. B.
- Kurtág Double Concerto, Op. 27 No. 2
- Schumann Fugue on B-A-C-H, Op. 60
- Kurtág Hommage à R. Sch.
- Simpson Hommage à Kurtág
- Kurtág ...quasi una fantasia... Op. 27, No. 1
- Bach Music for solo cello and solo piano
General booking opens 10am Tuesday 29 April. Join the Friends to book today.